The Latin American international investment and insurance marketplace is one of the fastest-growing in the world, with the demand for protection of assets amid volatile political and economic backdrops as necessary in 2020 as it ever was.
Across the Latin American region, the need for both products and advice is on the rise.
The inaugural International Investment Latin America Forum will look at where the industry is heading, the challenges and opportunities for the industry in the region, and how advisers, brokers and product providers are adapting to political and regulatory changes.The event will take place on Tuesday, 6th June , Miami.

The inaugural International Investment London Forum will look at where the industry is heading, the challenges and opportunities for the industry in the region, and how advisers, brokers and product providers are adapting to political and regulatory changes.The event will take place on Thursday, 30th April at the South Place Hotel, London.

The 21st International Investment Awards will take place on 8th October 2020, at One Whitehall Place, London. The II Awards are the longest-running event of their kind and last year saw a record number of categories and entries.

Angelos Damaskos, CEO of Sector Investment Managers, has warned that a supply crunch could be on the way for the gold market, potentially sending the price up to $2,000/oz.

Angelos Damaskos, CEO of Sector Investment Managers, has warned that a supply crunch could be on the way for the gold market, potentially sending the price up to $2,000/oz.

Investors have recently been disappointed by gold miners’ inability to control costs. With miners’ profitability naturally at risk if there is a decline in the gold price, the sector has experienced a sell-off. The response of mining management teams across the industry is to prioritise cost-control. An effective and immediate way of reducing costs is called ‘high-grading’; essentially all mining teams are now focusing on the highest-grade, most profitable operations at the expense of production volume. Marginal deposits are scrapped from the business plan and unprofitable operations are shut-down. This strategy will increase miners’ profits and also inevitably cause a significant decline in global production.

Consensus among generalist investors is that gold reached a near-term peak in 2011 when it spiked at $1,927/oz and is now in decline. This is based on apparent stability in the eurozone and confidence that the debate on the US fiscal cliff and sequestration will be resolved in a satisfactory manner. However, it is likely that macro events will disappoint and impact the market negatively, dragging the European or US economies back into recession and forcing central banks to intervene in new, radical ways. Such developments would spook the market, encouraging investors to turn to gold as the ultimate safe-haven.

According to the latest figures from the World Gold Council, demand for gold is at an all time high and should economic events take a disappointing turn causing a flight back to gold, demand levels could exceed supply. The increased demand could coincide with supply of the metal falling as a result of miners’ newly implemented cost control strategies, hence creating a global supply crunch.

This scenario is a recipe for the gold price to reach highs, potentially of as much as $2,000/oz.